Grandpapa

This is one of my most favorite men in the world. He is slowly fading away with Alzheimer's. It's hard to watch. I have memories of him. He is always reading. He was always so strong and would scare us to death with his deep voice when chasing us. I remember holding onto him in the pool and how he smells of old spice. I know he could build anything. His stories of the Grand Canyon, Bandelier and being in the Navy. How he came to my 16th birthday party with his ear pierced. Cheering me on at basketball games louder than anyone else in the building. Working on our stamp collections while it poured rain outside and eating chocolate pudding. He's got such a warm sensitive side. Saying goodbye to him stabs a knife in my heart and twists it. He gets teary eyed and puts his hand up to his mouth as if to suppress the tears. He is such a dear man. I hope we can hang onto him for just a little longer.

Fort Fun...for a minute

We are ending week 2 of Spring Break. It has been lots of fun! We entertained ourselves today by pulling out all the blankets and beach towels to make a magnificent fort. Right after this pic the boys destroyed it causing the girl to cast her wrath upon them and everyone ending up in tears...It's time to go back to school .

A Good Egg is a Good Thing

I needed a fun idea for something for the little guy for Easter. I didn't want to go out and buy more junk to be thrown away in 2 months. I turned to whipup and found this idea. I know the ittybitty pieces will all get lost pretty quick, but they're easy to replace. Hopefully he likes it. And even if he doesn't want to play with it, I will. Its fun making sesame street looking eggs.

My Wild Thing turns 3

Does the youngest ever get to a point where tehy are no longer referred to as the baby anymore. This guy, my baby, just turned 3. I can't believe it. His favorite story is Where the Wild Things Are, so we had a Wild Things birthday party with 6 other 2 and 3 year olds.

The Favors

We didn't do much for the party since all the kiddos were 3 or under. We blew up 24 balloons and called it good. However, I knew I could go to town with the party favors. I did get some ideas from the Matsuke blog and from the amazing Natalie with her Wild Things blog. I think these are my favorite party favor sets I have ever put together.

Each child went home with a monster shadow puppet, a cd filled with stories, candy bar with custom label, a wild things mask, and a Wild Thing and Max nesting doll. I was thrilled with how the nesting doll turned out. The monster is hollowed out and Max fits right inside. They each have 6 coats of varnish. Everything looks better when it's shiny!

The Invites

Once there was a snowman

Chocolate chip buttons, bacon scarf, whipped cream snow. Delicious.